page_title: 49th Berlin International Film Festival
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: 49th Berlin International Film Festival / Awards
caption_attribution_description: Terrence Malick.
context_page_description: The 49th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1999. The festival opened with Aimée & Jaguar by Max Färberböck. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film The Thin Red Line directed by Terrence Malick.
  The retrospective dedicated to Austrian-American theatre and film director Otto Preminger was shown at the festival. 70 mm version of Preminger's 1959 musical film Porgy and Bess served as the closing night film.
context_section_description: The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
  Golden Bear: The Thin Red Line by Terrence Malick
  Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Mifune by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
  Silver Bear for Best Director: Stephen Frears for The Hi-Lo Country
  Silver Bear for Best Actress: Maria Schrader and Juliane Köhler for Aimée & Jaguar
  Silver Bear for Best Actor: Michael Gwisdek for Nachtgestalten
  Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard for Shakespeare in Love
  Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: David Cronenberg for eXistenZ
  Honourable Mention:
  Iben Hjejle for Mifune
  Ça commence aujourd'hui
  John Toll for The Thin Red Line
  Alfred Bauer Prize: Karnaval by Thomas Vincent
  Blue Angel Award: Güneşe Yolculuk by Yeşim Ustaoğlu
  Honorary Golden Bear: Shirley MacLaine
  Berlinale Camera:
  Armen Medvedjev
  Meryl Streep
  Robert Rodriguez
  FIPRESCI Award
  Ça commence aujourd'hui by Bertrand Tavernier
caption: Terrence Malick, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival
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